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Flammula nitens. Cke. & Mass. 



Caespitose. Pileus 1-1^ in. across, hemisplierical, obtuse, 

 shining, dry, some what silky, dark purple-brown, not 

 becoming pale ; gills adnate, crowded, 2-3 lines broad, 

 margin entire, pallid then umber; stem 2-3 in. long, 4-5 

 lines thick, equal, fibrillose, incurved, pale pinkish-brown, 

 solid; spores almond-shaped, 10 x 5-6 /j.. 



Agaricus (Flammula) nitens, Cooke & Massee, Grrev., vol, 

 xviii. p. 52; Cke., Hdbk., p. 375; Cke., lUustr. Suppl., pi. 

 1154. 



On the ground. Caespitose. Eeadily known by the 

 distinct colour of the pileus and the stout, solid stem. 



***** SEEICELLI. 



Flammula ochrochlora. Fr. 



Pileus 1-2 in. across, fleshy, convex then expanded, obtusely 

 umbonate, dry, silky, minutely squamulose, greenish straw- 

 colour then pallid; flesh white then greenish; gills adnate, 

 crowded, 1-1^ lines broad, whitish then green, at length 

 olive ; stem 2 in. long, 2-3 lines thick, hollow, attenuated 

 upwards, often curved and flexuous, scaly and also with 

 whitish flocci, thin, within and at the base, ferruginous; veil 

 evident in the young stage (of the Hypholoma type), white; 

 spores elliptical, cleai-, ferruginous, 8 x 4 /i. 



Agaricus (Flammula) ochrochlorus, Fries, Monogr., ii. p. 301 ; 

 Fries, Hjm. Eur., p. 252 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 172 ; Cke., Illustr., 

 pi. 616. 



On old trunks, furze roots, &c. 



Caespitose. Stature and habit of Hypholoma fascicularis, 

 but distinguished by the clear ferruginous spores. (Fries.) 



Flammula helomorpha. Fr. 

 Pileus |-1 in. across, rather fleshy, convex then expanded, 

 unequal, gibbous, viscid, dry, minutely silky, margin thin, 

 unequal, incurved, white; gUls adnato-decurrent, crowded, 

 1-1 i line broad, white then tan-colour; stem 1 in. long, 2 

 lines thick, unequal, curved, ascending, even, almost glabrous, 

 whitish, solid ; veil absent ; spores elliptical, tan-colour, 

 10x6/*. 



